Despite being able to raise a million dollars in one day, and being an outspoken critic of the government, Texas Representative Ron Paul as Republican candidate for president, is still largely ignored by the national media. His complaints of being left out of Republican debates in some arenas apparently fell on deaf ears, but the grass roots efforts from loyal internet supporters continues to get his message out and keep money rolling in to his campaign funding.
Despite his slowly improving in the polls, Paul still has not been a focus for the media, which would usually jump on the chance to talk about a dissenting member of one political party. The media uses the excuse that Paul is not a top tier candidate and their budgets for election coverage is based on which candidates offer more appeal to the voters and require more of their resources to properly cover. From showing of one and two percent in polls conducted at the beginning of the race, Paul has attracted attention of roughly five percent of the expected GOP voters nationally.
According to poll results published at usaelectionpolls.com, Paul is at six percent in Florida, which is being led by John McCain at 30 percent and Mitt Romney's 28 percent. Rudy Giuliani had placed all of his election eggs in the Florida basket has dropped to 18 percent in the state.
Despite his successful fundraising efforts, a slight improvement in the polls and continued appearances at many Republican events, Paul is still largely left out of news coverage and wondering if the public had any chance to get to know him.
